I didn't mention all the performers in last night's Sondheim Gala at the Bowl but I should have mentioned the opener: A film of Krusty the Clown (from The Simpsons) performing "Send in the Clowns" — a song that was otherwise unsung during the event. No one sang "I'm Still Here" or "Comedy Tonight" or "Everything's Coming Up Roses" or a number of other Sondheim ditties that you might have expected. I think the audience liked the fact that the producers mixed the less-familiar with the familiar, instead of loading the program with songs we already all knew by heart.
I could also have mentioned that one of the best things about the evening was the audience, which was friendly and enthusiastic and I can't remember running into so many people I knew at a concert. Sondheim fans are some of the best people in the world.